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extreme loneliness as woman IrOm her
remarkable ability as business person,
to tell of her strange and unique history
as courageous and capable publisher,
as well as devoted wife.
When she married the late Frank Les
lie she had no knowledge of business,
but when her husband became involved
in business disaster, and he, broken
hearted, died, he left ON her young
shoulders the burden of his debts. She
promised him that she would ego to his
office, sit in his place, and do his work
until his debts were paid"
The business was in the hands of an
assignee, and the labor was one far too
heavy for any woman, but she was un-
der solemn pact with the dead, and
she went to work.
She lived on next to nothing, gave up
all her comforts and almost her necessi-
ties, and worked with heart, soul, and
brain, as we'll as busy hands, to accom-
story is old and we'll known how bravely
she did it, through difficulties and law
suits, through trials, and without money,
until strong man would have sunk
under the burden; knowing no rest
night or day until her end was accom-
plished.
Men prophesied that she would fail,
and none expected to see her succeed,
but at last woman, an utter stranger,
stood forth and lent her $4,000, with
which she turned the scale and won suc-
cess.
When she received the money she had
reached the end of her resources, and
could not have gone on, but this gave
her the means of paying the most press
ing of the debts, and carrying the publi-
cations ON until better days.
This money was to have been paid
back in installments of So, 200 each, and
before the first one was due the whole
sum had peen paid back out of the prof
its of the business during five months
under her careful management.
During this time Mrs. Leslie had re-
organized the entire business, had re-
trenched in every possible way except
turning away any of the old personnel of
the business, and now the Office is filled
with men whose gray hairs speak elo-
quently of their long years of service
there. Yet, she has nerve enough to
make contracts covering sums over
SIS, 900 at a time for paper alone, and
as much for other necessaries.
There are some three hundred persons
occupying the positions of editors, art
| lists, engravers, printers, ETC., connected
with this great establishment, and every
one is under the direct personal super
vision of this remarkable woman, and
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09
Irfigatinp Canals

a great obstacle in many sections of our
country to successful cultivation is the in
sufficient rainfall. To remove this obstacle
1t Is only necessary that system of irri-
CATION be adopted. To irrigate success
fully is required large amount of tech
meal knowledge and skill and the expen-
diture of much labor and money Irriga-
tion belongs, in fact, TO progressive agri-
culture, aud pays best when applied to
valuable land by intelligent men Under
such circumstances it pays for itself many
tunes over by rendering large tracts Of
land otherwise valueless highly productive
In proof of this assertion are many
successful efforts with irrigation in our
own country. A notable instance at hand
is the state of Colorado, with its 800 miles
of first class irrigating canals, 3, 500 miles
of secondary canals and 10000 miles of
smaller bitches, which have cost in the
aggregate about $11 900, 000 and will irri-
gate 2, 200 600 acres. The largest canal is
taken from the Rio del Norte 1t is nine
ty-eight feet wide at the top and sixty five
feet on the bottom, with carrying ca
pacity of 207 900, 600 cubic feet per diem
The main line is fifty miles long, and it is
designed to irrigate 200, 900 acres. 1t was
constructed in four months by 5000 men
and 200 teams.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09
How to Keen the Carriare New.

The preservation of a carriage depends
largely upon the way in which it is
housed. The barn or shed should be airy
and dry, with moderate admission of
light, otherwise the colors of painting and
lining will be affected. Do not let the
vehicle be rolled near brick wall, as the
dampness of the wall will fade the colors
and destroy the varnish. The coach house
should not be connected with the stable or
next the manure pit, since the ammonia
fumes rising from the manure will do
more TO crack and ruin varnish, and ruin
colors of paint and lining, than all other
causes put together.
DO not allow mud to dry on a newly
vanished carriage; spots and stains will
be the result if you do. Do not permit
water to dry of itself on a vanished sur
face, but remove all moisture with a
chamois leather only, after the soft sponge
has been used. Do not let the leather top
carriages lie long unused with the tops
down, but raise occasionally, taking of
the strain on the leather and net-stay by
slightly easing the joints. Keep the
moths out of cushions and Innings by fire.
quent brushing Examine the axles often;
keep well oiled and see that the washers
are in good order
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seribing scenes in Central America
which drew deserved attention.
Before she was woman in years she
had gained an enviable position in the
field of letters, as well as mastered five
foreign languages, which she speaks as
well as she does English.
Miriam Florence Leslie, or, as she il
now by Act of Legislature known, Frank
Leslie, was born in New Orleans. and
comes from an old Huguenot family,
and in appearance blends the highest
type of French beauty, with the rich.
warm loveliness of the woman of the
Southern States.
Intellectual women are rarely beauti-
full, or even pretty, for the lines of the
face are usually too strong for grace or
womanly softness, but Mrs. Leslie is an
anomaly in this as well as many other
things, and she is certainly one of the
handsomest women of the day, and pos
sesses face whose beauty viii endure
until age shall have laid his heavy hand
upon her.
Mrs. Leslie has large, expressive gray
eyes, a very sweet, mobile mouth, tiny
white, even teeth, form almost statu-
esque, and mass of soft, curling, brown
hair.
Her chief beauty, however, lies in .aer
Incompatible eyes, and her chief charm
in her exquisite grace of manner.
1t is hard to separate sufficiently her
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09

ure. ruens nGr experimental work i, as,;z.,s.
this cer-'t, .ulai experiment sfaf5nrs u,
nine stafas naFe been established i, i.
necticut a,,5 - lne following order. 60.
Jersey 1esn. = s-e Drll Carolina In IS77. ~
cbusetts tx, 1nea -sSW York, Ohio and Masss
1oea ioc<; Wisconsin ana A1~p1 1850
Is, looo, ana Maine in 1888 Tha Ga 1'iaIna
a.lLs.lhctdy independent fnsfit,,4sas 80 are ali
snear own organizations and s..s Wild
~ state appropriations or s,,ee.pl aplorted
800, however, are located at a stata aaa
-. a. colleges and Differed ID ~ asIi-
80 professors. These stations A'e a,sA- epl-
SS a Their organization. facilit,as el.ls5 al'a1
t1. some are required to cont anu -
BUSINESS In commercial fertilizers i, 49, -
respectlve re states, while Others do noth,an
GO ,1s hiau 20 IN II New Jersey and Sorf5
v.a,.l,- - w or more are expended
ynI,I;s,,t .slaiiiiy IN laboratory work and Tia
so,,,,I.,.st, l,eaol " results, although land ia
hor-. !" ~, i,sss s used IN New Jersey. Tn Ala
arr. nd anu ~ isconsln large areas Of land
are used-lOU acres or more. H. Ct,.-- -N'a,4 ~
acres, and in New York aho,3+ =, az emo, 10, %
In several other states tbara -, -.,.'s5 acrts-
visions made for systematic ,.v,'as:p- asaS pro-
WORK at the agricultural cfIla,,os
.iisefsities by appropriations from eIl1,q.e,
.uii'.s ana the assignment Of urofeeca,s. - -
.iils duty. In some cases the results - -
'ecoiiilhg , very valuable-at least IoesIs.
"hiie III Others the efforts are feabIa -
i Aiioei .tih- other states and colleges 90,
eoiAsauerlhg the inauguration of exrari
.iielilfal inquiry, and efforts in this dfrac-
elon are apparently limited only by lactx ~
pensive @A1''fe ~ ex-
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Plenro-Pneumonia.

IL may be of interest tn r,,,t ~, 49,,
tne fact that horses have spfferad (r,ss.I =
extensively, particularly in Indiana and
missouri, from what DR.. Salmon has H.
cided to be vermiculOr or verIninous bro.-
chlas. lie has fully treated of fbis dis-
ease, aud illustrated the strongyr witch
Inauce 1t IN calves and lambs, in the VET
eerlnary agricultural Report of 1ee5 y
nat producing the disease in horses >,
says Professor G. V. Riley in Science
seems to be strongylus mircrurus meplis'
Whicn Is an elongate thread like worm from
an men and half to two inches in length.
ana the point that / wish to put ON rec,
ora Is that these strongyli have very
generally been supposed to have some ron.
hectlon with the narrow elongate ecgs of
orchehmum glaberrimum. The eggs of
tlls species are inserted in the pith of a
number OF different plants, and are mar
tcularly abundant in stalks of corn
tassels.
The bronchial disease which has been
SO prevalent and fatal to horses has been
quite generally associated with these eggs.
the supposition being that the horses be-
came diseased by eating the corn tasseIs
ana stalks. The orcheIir7um eggs have
been received from about a dozen different
correspondents, all of them INDEPENDENTLY
making the same suggestion as to their
connection with the bronchial wornos-a
rather remarkable instance of a prevalent
anu popular error arising from an imper-
iect knowledge of natural science -
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they know that merit will win appreci-
alton just as failure will rebuke, which
is none the less keenly felt that it is
given in such gentle tones.
Mrs. Leslie is at her desk day III and
day out, no matter what the weather.
No one page of matter goes into any
one of her publications that is not sub
jected to her critical eye; not one pic
ture that she does not see, and not one
dollar is paid out that she does not sign
the order for, nor one check cashed that
she does not sign. And there is no con-
fusion, no hurry, nor delay.
She has keen sense of the fitness of
things in the world of literature, and
knows Just what the public wants and
even anticipates them. She manages a
business involving millions, and does it
with less apparent effort than teacher
uses to control class in school.
Mrs. Leslie's private sanctum is fur
nished very simply, everything being
more for use than ornament, and she al
ways dresses in black, well fitting, and
of fine material, to be sure, and black
silk apron with white lace ruffies is al
ways tied around her slim waist while at
work. On her dainty hands she wears
some beautiful rings, as if she could not
do without some pretty bit of feminine
vanity in spite of her masculine brains.
By her careful administration she has
rescued an lily managed and insolv-
ent business from disaster, and in five
years has turned it into property val
ued at least at one million, and improv-
ing constantly; she has saved the good
name of her dead husband, and shown
herself to be the most capable business
woman ON record, to say nothing of her
rare executive ability as editor and pub
Usher
But Mrs. Leslie's accomplishments do
not end in her editorial, one might say
pictorial, chair, for.she is quite as bril-
liant in society; and the social gather
ing that can boast her presence is a
happy one. In her own delightful par
lors at the Victoria Hotel, she has cir
Gle made-up of the most prominet peo-
pie, and people of high distinction of all
nations may be met there. Artists.
musicians, savants, divines, editors, au-
thors, and leading ladies and gentlemen
of society and from the legations throng
her parlors, and she is there the one
bright, beautiful star, charming all alike
by her sweet grace of manner no less
than her superb beauty and brilliant
intelligence.
How kind and charitable she is none
but those she helps with lavish hand:
and herself know. ALI in all she is a
"perfect woman, nobly planned"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09
The Gadsden, Ala, Boom.

EDITOR CLARION Has the news OF the
great Gadsden, Ala, boom struck Jackson
vet? To realize its extent and Juror one
must be right here. The streets are
thronged with strangers looking for in
vestments, and the wires are kept hot with
messages from those unable TO come. Town
property is advancing daily, hourly, and
small fortunes have been already made by
buying one day and selling the next.
There is nothing yet ln1ated IN these
prices The boom is resting on solid
found alton OF dirt and capital. The Gads.
den Land and Improvement Company,
composed of capitalists from Gadsden,
Cincinnati, Chattanooga and Birmingham,
England, and stocked at $1,000, 900, has
purchased all land in and around Gadsden,
suitable for residences and manufactures.
Col. e. B. Kyle, one of the wealthIest and
most experienced business men OF the
State, was elected President. There was
also organized the Gadsden Furnace Com
panv, with capital stock OF $300, 900, which
owns the largest and most valuable tracts
of mineral land in North Alabama Mr..
Louis s. Colyar, OF Chattanooga, whose
reputation in the iron business Is national,
was made President and General Manager.
Mr.. Colyar and Col. Kyle are both largely
| interested in the two companies. Two
| 0ne-nuudrGQ lG1 wiz DC -OHA-
menced Immediately, and others will fol-
| low in a short time. A charter has been
applied for, for gas and street cars; the
city is already supplied with water-works.
| -Four railroads centre here, and it has
already population of five thousand. 1t
| ia situated on the western bank OF the
| Coosa river, ninety miles from Chatta-
nooea. Its mountain scenery IL grandly
/ beautiful, and its lands the richest OF the
cotton belt. Here is produced the far
famed Ceosa Valley cotton, from which IL
manufactured Coates cotton thread. Vege-
Itation of all kinds grows with tropical
fIuxuriance. An abundance OF the hnest
|chaIyb beaie and sulphur water Is suppl,ed
from numerous springs, issuing from the
hilI.sidss. The health of Gadsden in un-
| surpassed BY that Of any city in the Union,
a. i has natural drainage. The AIR u
nure and bracing. Those seeking invest
ments for small or large sums, can hnd no
richer field than this Magic City oilers.
-->,--~7 w. B. e.
Gadsden, Ala, January 9th. 1887.
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Life in Chicago.

sFound any more bombs around the
house?n asked a Chicago man of his
wife on returning home for dinner.
aYes I swept couple off the front
steps and found one concealed in the
basket of potatoes that the grocer
brought. I threw it out into the street
and it exploded and killed two police
men and street-car horse
Good thing you discovered tit
might have hurt some of the children.
ANYTHING else particular?s
Nothing much. found lot of
red flags and empty beer-bottles and
pieces Of gas pipe filed with dynamite
down cellar. The policeman on this
beat took them away. He says it must
have been used as an Anarchists
headquarters.
..Probablv. / heard some strange
noises in the garret last night and
wouldn't be surprised if they had moved
up there, too
IN 60 up and look after dinner,
them
Il wish you would, my dear. musl
20 this afternoon and attend the funer
ais Of Brown and Thompson. who wert
dynamited last night. or / would do i
myself -Estelline Cd. T) Bell
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MRS. FRANK LESLIE.-
by OLIVE HARPER
FROM THE NEW YoRx wAvERLr.l


IE THE battle of life we have been
accustomed to accord involuntarily to
man the foremost place as possessing the
greatest amount of nerve and courage
to face and surmount obstacles; yet it
is safe to saT that no man has ever dis
played any more "grit" and determine
tion chan the original of the portrait of
this sketch.
Mrs. Frank Leslie is one of the most
remarkable as well as prominent women
of which our country can boast, and one
whose beauty and social position would
make her prominent aside from her
brilliant intellect and rare business
capacity, and her position as the head
of one of the largest publishing houses
in the world. Her life would read like
romance.
She began her literary career when
but child of thirteen, and from that
time pursued it with a quiet determine
ton that was bound to win, when that
will power was backed by genuine abil-
ity.
She worked in almost every capacity
in journalism, and thus gained that
knowledge of detail that has stood in
her in such good stead since.
She travelled for some years, and pro-
duced several excellent volumes of her
observations and researches, and fur
nished a mass of contributions to lead
ing magazines, many of the articles de-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09
Origin of Mrs. Partington.

The way in which the first Partington
paragraph was written was singular.
One evening the news came to the Post
newspaper Office that flour was selling
at very high prices at the Magdalen
Islands, In the Gulf of ST. Lawrence
Said George Baily. one of Shillaber's
fellow-compositors: Il don't care a.
what the price is in the Magdalen Is
lands, / always have to give just 80
much for half dollars worth !" The
idea struck Shillaber as odd. and he
immediately set up the lines: Mrs
Partington says she always noticed that,
whether -four was dear or cheap, she
mad invariably to pay the same money
for half dollars worth The para
graph was generally copied by other
newspapers the next day, and . second
paragraph published the following day
was equally well received. Encouraged
by these successes and the Colonel 9
commendation, MIR. Shillaber continued
| to write such quaint paragraphs and
other matter as have since made him
| famous - Boston Globe.
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All advertising is due after first insertion unless
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cc- These are our only rates, and they will be
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is made by placing old railway sleep
ers df obtainablel crosswise on them,
and on the flooring the fodder is
placed, which in Fig. / represents four
cornered stack, containing about 40 cubic
metres. Then on the top of the stack is
placed a roof of old sleepers similar to the
flooring; on this roofing are placed q
couple of beams. These latter have at
each end chains about 3 metres long,
without any hooks.
To obtain the required pressure, which
is unavoidably necessary to preserve
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of about ten centimetres thick at the sides
gives an excellent quality of ensilage.
The sheep and cows ate it greedily. For
use, one takes up one or two of the sleep
ers, and with sharp hay knife cuts
enough long, vertical strips as wanted;
then hook ON the chains as before. The
temperature of the inside of the stack is
about 10 degs. c., and remains as high
till the fermentation begins, then it sinks
to about 50 or 40 degs., at which point
it keeps the same for long time. This
high temperature destroys the fermenta-
ton powers, and hay SO preserved is one
of the sweetest ensilages known.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
HOW EXPERT FILTERS IMPROVE
HORSES TAILS.

Agricultural Experiment Stations i'm the
United States--An Open Air SiIo Which
Is Simple, Cheap, Practical and of Easy
Transport.
Our farmers are generally well posted
IN regard to preserving fodder in under
ground sil0s The open air silo, however,
Is a novel affair. Mr.. A. Cochard, presi-
dent of an agricultural association in Ger
many, is the inventor of the open air silo
here represented.
The Country Gentleman describes this
silo, which is simple, cheap, practical and
also has the advantage of easy transport,
as follows:
One puts on the desired site two beams
of about metres in length, so as to lie
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09
The Ice supply.

Ice weighs, as ordinarily packed, about
fifty pounds to the cubic foot. Estimating
at the rate of 100 pounds per day for the
ordinary consumption of farm dairy, one
ton would be used up in twenty days. A
ton and half per month is a moderate
supply for a dairy farm. There ought
always to be full calculation made for
wastage and about four times as much ice
stored as will be used, unless the ice house
is of the very best construction
If drain tiles can be laid at the bottom
below the base, to take the drainage, good
use can be made, says The Dairyman, of
the ice water that viii flow through them.
Thus a great saving of ice may be effected
and efficient cooling secured. This will
enable the dairyman to have cool tank
for deep setting at minimum expense
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Queen Victoria is reported to be breaking
very rapidly and TO be conscious that she can
not live very many years longer. There Is q
general apprehension among the people OF
England that the queen may not live TILL the
year Is completed. The appearance OF old
age Is most clearly marked in her Jubilee por-
trait, which has just been completed and
placed in the gallery leading to her private
apartments at Windsor.
An Auburn lady tells this about Roscoe
Conkling: 1One day when Roscoe was visit
ING my fathers house the horse and stlky
were brought up to the door, and my father
was Just getting ready to start out for ride
among his patients Young Roscoe thought ne
would get some life out of the old horse, TOOK
n min and stuck 1t in his launches, when the
usually staid animal suddenly gave q kick
and hit Roscoe severe blow ON the fore
head. cutting cash that to this day leaves
scar on the brow And this i why the ex-
senator permits little curl to drop over ~
Mr.. Parnells power, says London jour
nal. il almost wholly due 20 his force of ~
straint He has absolute control over MS
teanper and anever lets himself 60 Tbs
leader az q race famed for jovial wit, pas
sionate oratory, reckless abandon and m0rs
chan regal generosity, be never made 1okt
ID his life, Is cold. unimpassioned calcnia
tor. who holds himself In reserve even WITT
his intimates, and whose oratory has nevel
been relieved BY = single burst Of PASSIONATE
fervor. He Is the mystery man OF modern
politics.
Al complete series Of the drawings q
| Turner win be exhibited at the Londol
| National academy this year.
| a game called gossip and played witt
| old carte do visita photographs of persons
| has become very popular.
James Lickas monument in San Hancisc'
contains no inscription but his name md ag
| ana the line, "a native of Fennsyl
MN. Brennan, cf EufaulA, Ala, rs "
dartaksn the tAsk of rearing monumen
i oysr the grave of Father Ryan, The poe
priest - Mobila
n Monfnna the hi9h BIT n1lisancs !
theatxas proniess 10 ~ short lived Ih
II crowd yeI]n A3h0oE the hntf1 and IT, nhoA
ennnot "a ~ unfik n y fnlan "a.